Noun
the act of stripping and taking by force

Noun
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"

Noun
(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"

Verb
alter from the original

Verb
become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

Verb
make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"

Verb
destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

Verb
have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"

Verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

Verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth''s amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

Verb
treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let''s not mollycoddle our students!"

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v. t.
To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

v. t.
To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.

v. t.
To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.

v. t.
To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.

v. i.
To practice plunder or robbery.

v. i.
To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.

n.
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.

n.
Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.

n.
That which is gained by strength or effort.

n.
The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.

n.
Corruption; cause of corruption.

n.
The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.

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Spoil

Spoil , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiled or Spoilt ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spoiling.] [F. spolier, OF. espoilelier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. Despoil, Spoliation.] 1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. "Ye shall spoil the Egyptians." Ex. iii. 22.

My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eues.

2. To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.

No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man.

3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.

Spiritual pride spils many graces.

4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.

Spoil

Spoil , v. i. 1. To practice plunder or robbery.

Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil.

2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.

Spoil

Spoil, n. [Cf. OF. espoille, L. spolium.] 1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.

Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.

2. Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.

From a principle of gratitude I adhered to the coalition; my vote was counted in the day of battle, but I was overlooked in the division of the spoil.

3. That which is gained by strength or effort.

each science and each art his spoil.

4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoil.

5. Corruption; cause of corruption. [Archaic]

Villainous company hath been the spoil of me.

6. The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal. [Obs.] Bacon. Spoil bank, a bank formed by the earth taken from an excavation, as of a canal. -- The spoils system, the theory or practice of regarding public and their emoluments as so much plunder to be distributed among their active partisans by those who are chosen to responsible offices of administration.

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

To practice plunder or robbery.

That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.